What can be the maximum representation from the Union Territories to the Lok Sabha?

The correct answer is B) 20. Article 81(1)(b) of the Constitution says the House of the People may have not more than 20 members from Union Territories, chosen by direct election. Article 81(1)(a) caps state representation at 530, so the House can have at most 550 elected members, though the actual strength is set by the Delimitation and Reorganisation laws and is always lower than the cap.

• A) 15 is wrong. It is a number that sounds plausible but has no basis in Article 81.
• C) 25 is wrong. Article 81 fixes the ceiling at 20, and no provision allows 25.
• D) None of the above is wrong because option B matches the constitutional limit.

The concept is the constitutional ceiling on seats for states and UTs, which links to federal representation and to the Mains debate on whether UTs without legislatures should have Lok Sabha representation at all. Current allocation is well below 20, so if a question asks for the actual present figure, answer from the current seat allotment, not the ceiling.

Trap: aspirants mix up the ceiling of 20 for UTs with the 530 for states or with the 552 figure that includes Anglo-Indian nominees under the earlier Article 331, which the 104th Amendment (2019) removed.